Johnson will upset Stevens

Not sure how anybody could have such a club-footed, one-dimensional guy as a 4/1 favourite over any fighter with a chin and some boxing ability Lets be fair, Stevens either catches you in 1 with a left hook or spends the duration waddling around like a penguin with a bad case of the sh*ts. Honestly though why does he drag his back foot like that? He has a good left hook, good timing but he doesn't hit anywhere near as hard as people claim. His power comes from his speed, hes not heavy handed. Tureano Johnson was an amateur stand out, in fact he boxed at the olympics losing out to Kanat Islam (Kazakh stand out, up & comer who is blitzing everything in his path) Stevens should not be such a favourite IMHO, he has a punchers chance & nothing more! I've seen enough of Stevens against pressure and guys who can take his power. Tureano knows he only has one punch to look out for. He has been out for a year but still as long as he don't get caught cold, Tureano Johnson for the upset.

Comments (20)

Queen_Leia

Stevens needs room to operate. He had ZERO success when GGG or Findley was it? was on his chest. He is a mid-range hooker Hugely limited fighter with no movement. He will be squared up as usual and look to land the left hook as Johnson comes forward. If it misses or Johnson takes it Stevens will get beaten up from then on. Johnson will get in his grill and take lumps out of Stevens as he does nothing as per usual but stand like a squared up dummy with a high guard. You described the fight to a T except for two things - 1. Johnson got careless 2. You are a HERME. Have a good night clown.

12y ago

jas

you were almost right man, props. im not gonna doubt your predictions again.

12y ago

Weebler_I

His power is just average. He can make you honest if he landed clean but that's it. lol he can knock you spark out if he lands clean. Sorry but the power in his left is not average, it is fight-stopping. He dropped a guy with a jab off his left in his last fight, stopped a guy in a fight most felt he was losing tonight and two fights before registered one of the most brutal KOs of 2013 with his left hand. Here is again, the left hook:

12y ago

straightleft

His power is just average. He can make you honest if he landed clean but that's it.

12y ago

Loquesan

A lot of people get caught with flush left hooks and they don't go out like that. Stevens does have a powerful left hook, but he has to land clean shots to hurt you (Roman, Tureano). He won't hurt you with partially blocked punches. He landed several left hooks earlier in the fight. That last left hook was something different. That's what I mean when I say he's not heavy-handed.

12y ago

Foreign_Soil

Lol at ggg fans trying to defend Stevens life and death to make t seem like a legit win for ggg It was a legit win. Where was the controversy? I've always felt Stevens was overrated though, people saying he'd beat the other champs in the division were going to far. Stevens is an average fighter with power, nothing more.

12y ago

deanrw

Could you imagine a Johnson vs Kirkland fight? You could hold that fight in an actual phone booth LOL

12y ago

Weebler_I

Who said he had no power? His power comes from speed, he's not heavy handed. GGG, Kovalev are heavy-handed, not Stevens. He caught him with a flush left hook. What did you expect? A lot of people get caught with flush left hooks and they don't go out like that.

12y ago

Loquesan

lol yea, no power at all. Who said he had no power? His power comes from speed, he's not heavy handed. GGG, Kovalev are heavy-handed, not Stevens. He caught him with a flush left hook. What did you expect?

12y ago

Weebler_I

Lol at ggg fans trying to defend Stevens life and death to make t seem like a legit win for ggg If you're referring to me, I wanted Johnson to win. Golovkin has better wins than Stevens so it's irrelevant anyway. All I was saying is that his power (particularly in his left hand) is legit, something a couple of people have denied.

12y ago

damit305

Lol at ggg fans trying to defend Stevens life and death to make t seem like a legit win for ggg :lol1::lol1::lol1:

12y ago

HanzGruber

Lol at ggg fans trying to defend Stevens life and death to make t seem like a legit win for ggg

12y ago

Weebler_I

Very unlucky. Tureano is decent, but nothing more. He had a good gameplan, showed a good chin and a great conditioning. But he gets hit too much and slaps with some of his punches. His power is average at best. This fight reminded me of the Findley fight. When Stevens can't get his opponent out of there early, he seems to run out of ideas. He looked clueless tonight. His stamina is questionable and I think his power is overrated. He's not heavy-handed. Wake me up when he beats a top middleweight contender. lol yea, no power at all.

12y ago

Loquesan

12y ago

deanrw

It was a long grueling fight. Both fighters tired and dehydrated. I have no issue with the stoppage. One more that late in a fight can be one too many. If it was earlier in the fight and it ended like that I would have been pi$$ed. Late in the fight, I accept it.

12y ago

Weebler_I

I hope certain people acknowledge Stevens power now, whatever else about him, his left hand is legit.

12y ago

TBear

Johnson will upset Stevens . Not if the ref can prevent it.

12y ago

_JSFD26_

I saw Tureano Johnson on the Golovkin-Proksa card live. He was getting busted up/hurt left and right and got a lucky doctor stoppage over a crappy journeyman. I was laughing at how crappy he was, that's how bad he is. Stevens should stop him easily and early. OP gets more props for his wrong call than this post... Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android

12y ago

The_Gambler1981

It was a good call, just took 1 too many left hooks and a tough stoppage

12y ago

G_G_G

Give me those points dawg.

12y ago